Two arrested on murder charges

PANAMA CITY — Panama City Police arrested two men late Wednesday night in connection to the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Owen M. Frazier.

Police believe the shooting was over a "baggy of what appeared to be marijuana,” according to a press release that came out at 2 a.m. Thursday morning.

Claude Trey Cook, 17 of Panama City, has been charged with murder, armed robbery with a firearm and delinquent firearm. Marcus J. Larry, 20 of Panama City, has been charged with murder and armed robbery with a firearm.

“Cook and Larry confronted Frazier with the intent to commit a robbery. Larry attempted to to forcefully take a baggy of what appeared to me marijuana from Frazier,” the press release said. “During the altercation between Larry and Frazier, Cook brandished a firearm from his pocket and shot Frazier in the head.”

Frazier was brought in a car to Bay Medical Center, where he died shortly after.

Dispatch received a call at 2:43 p.m. Wednesday of a single gunshot and altercation in the 900 block of Magnolia Avenue.

"There were some people on scene that may have witnessed some of the incident," Ervin said Wednesday afternoon at the crime scene. "We're working leads and we're actually interviewing some persons of interests and have located a vehicle that may have been involved."

Ervin said Wednesday afternoon there was no reason to believe the incident was connected to the shooting of Alton Mills at Foxwood Garden Apartments late last month.

"None of the names or anything are familiar with anything in the case," he said. "Right now, we are looking at this as an independent act."

Police have yet to identify suspects in that shooting.

Frazier was a graduate of Mosley High School, according to his two Facebook pages, where friends and family members were posting Wednesday night about their surprise and grief.